Week 24 - Challenger (€42,500) - Ilkley, GB (Grass)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

RE: Week 24 - Challenger (€42,500) - Ilkley, GB (Grass)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QR1: (qWC) Alex Ward WR 419 defeated (q5) Igor Sijsling (NED) WR 169 by 6-3 6-7(7) 6-3 biggrin
QR1: Alex Kuznetsov (USA) WR 276 defeated (qWC) Dan Smethurst WR 542 by 7-6(6) 6-4 cry
QR1: (qWC) David Rice WR 423 defeated Daniel Nguyen (USA) WR 227 by 7-6(2) 6-4 biggrin
QR1: Dennis Novikov (USA) WR 198 defeated (qWC) Dan Evans WR 665 by 3-6 7-6(6) 6-1 bleh
QR1: Alex Bolt (AUS) WR 263 defeated (qWC) Ewan Moore UNR by 3 & 4 cry
QR1: (q6) Somdev Devverman (IND) WR 173 defeated Dan Cox WR 292 by 7-6(0) 6-4 cry
QR1: Dzmitriy Zhyrmont (BLR) WR 246 defeated (qWC) Alexis Canter WR 1975 by 1 & 2 cry

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QR2: Mirza Basic (BIH) WR 223 (CH = 188 in April) vs (qWC) Alex Ward WR 419
QR2: (qWC) David Rice WR 423 vs (q8) Luke Saville (AUS) WR 183 (CH = 152 in February)

Those matches are supposed to be played today, but, given that the rain appears now to have intervened, I very much doubt that they'll be completed.

Spectator · All-time great

Hurrah for Mr Ward.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Spectator wrote:
Mr Rice must wish that the grass season were longer. Well done - another good win.

Except it was played indoors, but I know what mean.

philwrig · Hall of fame

RJA wrote:
Main draw wild cards are Bambridge, Milton, Norrie, and Willis.

And I thought I had an exclusive, very early out with the MD.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Coup Droit wrote:
Dan S lost 7-6(6) 6-4

Smethy by all accounts played well, but I didn't see it, it was a real battle.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Stircrazy wrote:
Alex not so rubbish on grass after all:
QR1: (qWC) Alex Ward WR 419 defeated (q5) Igor Sijsling (NED) WR 169 6-3 6-7(7) 6-3

Played indoors, but still a massive result.

Sim · County player

Coup Droit wrote:
That must be one of Alex's best wins ever - bravo !!!!

Alex's career best win is against Yen-Hsun Lu WR 59 TPE at Le Gosier 2012.

This is his best win this year. Great Result.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Stircrazy wrote:
QR2: Mirza Basic (BIH) WR 223 (CH = 188 in April) vs (qWC) Alex Ward WR 419
QR2: (qWC) David Rice WR 423 vs (q8) Luke Saville (AUS) WR 183 (CH = 152 in February)
Those matches are supposed to be played today, but, given that the rain appears now to have intervened, I very much doubt that they'll be completed.

There were more matches played indoors than on the grass, but they did get a few played on the grass later on.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Beechy is helping out Cam for the grass court season, so he is in good hands.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

philwrig wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
QR2: Mirza Basic (BIH) WR 223 (CH = 188 in April) vs (qWC) Alex Ward WR 419
QR2: (qWC) David Rice WR 423 vs (q8) Luke Saville (AUS) WR 183 (CH = 152 in February)
Those matches are supposed to be played today, but, given that the rain appears now to have intervened, I very much doubt that they'll be completed.
There were more matches played indoors than on the grass, but they did get a few played on the grass later on.

Ah, OK, Phil. I wondered why the live scoreboard was saying "suspended rain" for some matches while the Basic/Jung match was still being played! wink

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

BeefyDeedz wrote:
murray_2k9 wrote:
Epic choke from Evo, *6-3 in the second set TB, lost it 6-8!
That is the least 'epic' 'choke' I've ever seen. Players often lose TB's from winning positions on serve - it's part of the TB's nature.

Behave, 6-3 up on serve, on grass, is a rare position to lose from.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Ricey and Slimbomb trying to get into the doubles, but the cutoff is ridiculous.

indiana · Tennis legend

How did the points play out, particularly the two from *6-3 that evidenced an "epic choke" ?